General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Variegated Ginger
  • Striped Narrow Leafed Ginger
  • Sander's Ginger

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Location: St Louis - Missouri Botanical Garden
Location: St Louis - Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 2024-01-03
Location: Hawaiian Acres, Puna, Hawai'i Island.
Date: 2/22/2015
Flowering plant.
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Date: 2018-03-11
Location: Hawaiian Acres, Puna, Hawai'i Island.
Date: 2/22/2015
Opening flowers.

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